- Assist the Manager of IT and GIS with security-related business process standardization, formalization, documentation, and continuous improvement so as to continually enhance the reliability, quality, and effectiveness of security-related internal processes
- Coordinate security-related activities throughout the organization, and with third parties such as outsourcing firms, ensuring that activities are efficient, effective, and consistent with organizational objectives
- Act as the central point of contact within the County for all matters dealing with information security, including vulnerabilities, controls, technologies, human factors issues
- Maintain strong working relationships with County departments and divisions involved with information security matters
- Represent the County and its information security related interests at industry standards committee meetings, professional association meetings, information security technical conferences, industry specific Internet discussion groups, and similar public forums
- Complete and obtain management concurrence on government forms and questionnaires dealing with information security
- Plan, implement, monitor, and enforce information security initiatives
- Perform post-mortem analyses with logs, network traffic flows, and other recorded information to identify intrusions by unauthorized parties, as well as unauthorized activities of authorized users
- Participate in security incident management, containment, and vulnerability management processes and documented incidents from initial detection through final resolution including root cause determination
- Other duties as assigned
What you’ll bring
- Post-secondary degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Three (3) years of experience working in an IT role, dealing with information security and/or privacy
- Broad IT experience dealing with security, Windows, servers, web applications, networking, virtualization, redundancy and monitoring, firewalls, storage, and backup and recovery
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Demonstrated investigative, problem solving, analysis and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to convey technical knowledge and information to staff and other stakeholders in a meaningful way
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Valid Class G driver’s license and access to reliable transportation
- Suitable work from home environment including reliable high speed internet
What we can offer YOU!
- A competitive hourly wage ranging between $54.70 – $63.98 (April 1, 2024 Non-Union Pay Grid);
- Hybrid work arrangements
- Enrolment in our comprehensive health benefits program and defined benefit pension plan
- Access to Perkopolis; discount, reward and benefits program
- Access to an Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Unlimited access to live and interactive webinars offered by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI)
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.